Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hinako through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 40
- 0 boys · 40 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 130 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hinako’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Hinako is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 姫名子. In Japanese usage, Hinako is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 日向子. In Japanese usage, Hinako is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 比奈子.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 6
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Hinako
- Hinako AshiharaJapanese manga artist (1974–2024)
- Hinako SugiuraJapanese manga artist (1958–2005)
- Hinako TomitakaJapanese freestyle skierborn 2000
- Hinako SanoJapanese gravure idolborn 1994
- Hinako TakanagaJapanese manga artistborn 1972
- Hinako SakuraiJapanese actress and YouTuberborn 1997
- Hinako SaekiJapanese actressborn 1977
- Hinako ShibunoJapanese female golferborn 1998
- Hinako MurakamiJapanese association football player (born 2000)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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